oud not only of the part played by our blood in
the World War, but likewise of the part it played in the days when,
rifle in hand, we were hewing the peace trail in our own country.

Clothes do not make the soldier. Whether in buckskin, wool, cotton
gown or army uniform, those men and women--yes, and boys and girls--of
frontier times in the forest and upon the plains and prairies were
soldiers all, enlisted to face danger.

It is largely the quick, dauntless spirit inherited from the American
pioneers, hunters and Indian fighters of the old days that shone so
brightly in the recent days when, in record time, we raised a gallant
army of fighters, at home and abroad, against a desperate enemy.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE CAPTURE OF OLD CHIEF ANNAWAN (1676)
Bold Captain Church in the Lion's Den

II THE ATTACK ON LOGAN'S STATION (1777)
And the Noble Deed of Captain Logan

III IN THE STOCKADE AT WHEELING (1777)
And the Great Leap of Major McColloch

IV BIG TURTLE BREAKS THE NET (1778)
And Meets His Father at Boonesborough

V SCOUT KENTON HAS A HARD TIME (1778-1779)
How He Paid for his Horse-Stealing

VI THE SCRAPE OF LEWIS AND JACOB WETZEL (1778)
And the Nerve of Two Boy Scouts

VII CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY SWEARS VENGEANCE (1780-1781)
And Broad-Jumps Like a Wild Turkey

VIII THE FLIGHT OF THREE SOLDIERS (1782)
On the Trail with the Crawford Men

IX THE BRAVE WOMEN OF BRYANT'S STATION (1782)
And the Defeat of the Villain Girty

X BETTY ZANE'S "POWDER EXPLOIT" (1782)
How a Girl Saved the Day

XI THE FIVE BOY CAPTIVES (1785)
Adventures of "Little Fat Bear" and All

XII ODDS AGAINST HIGGINS THE RANGER (1814)
And his Rescue by Heroine Pursley

XIII JOHN COLTER'S RACE FOR LIFE (1808)
The Trapper and the Blackfeet

XIV HUGH GLASS AND THE GRIZZLY BEAR (1823)
"As Slick as a Peeled Onion"

XV A FRACAS ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL (1829)
And the Building of Bent's Fort

XVI A SEARCH FOR A SILVER MINE (1831)
And the "Bowie Indian Fight"

XVII THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES (1846)
The Three Kit Carson Couriers

XVIII THE HOTTEST CHASE ON RECORD (1864)
Two in an Army Wagon

XIX RELIEF FOR BEECHER'S ISLAND (1868)
And a Rattle-Snake in the Way

XX THE DEFENSE OF THE BUFFALO-H